and here I was mistakenly believing that Hope scene earlier this week would turn into something :( well i guess I'll hope for next week.

Based on Kristian's twitpics, there are still 2 Salem days between now & Christmas Eve. (one of those days might be this one, cause we haven't seen Hope since this day began.)We know, from spoilers, that Hope will be on at least next Thursday & the following Monday. Either those two episodes occur on different Salem days, or there's more Hope next week.